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SACRAMENTO (AP) — The California High-Speed Rail Authority could manage property it has bought for the bullet train without extra oversight under legislation now heading to the governor.

That would include property in Madera County, where construction on the rail project is scheduled to start in September.

The bill by Democratic Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, of Long Beach, allows rail officials to negotiate property access rights and sell excess land without getting approval from the state Department of General Services.